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What Percentage of Portuguese Port
Was Exported to the U.S. in 1999?

Updated March 22, 2001 12:04 p.m. ET

Answer: Only 2%. A full one-third made its way to France, which was the single largest market for Portuguese Port in 1999. Runner-up Holland absorbed more than 16% of the Portuguese specialty, but keep in mind that there are only 15.5 million people in the Netherlands.

Interestingly, Portugal and Belgium/Luxembourg showed an equal enthusiasm for the sweet, fortified wine, while some wine-friendly countries, such as Italy, imported relatively little.